Hacker News with Generative AI: OpenAI

Company trained GPT-4 rival with 2k GPUs –spent $3M compared to OpenAI's $80M (tomshardware.com)
OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users (bloomberg.com)
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence agent codenamed “Operator” that can use a computer to take actions on a person’s behalf, such as writing code or booking travel, according to two people familiar with the matter.
OpenAI vs. Musk Email Archives (lesswrong.com)
OpenAI, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research group co-founded by Elon Musk and several other prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, is starting a for-profit arm that will allow it to raise more money.
OpenAI Email Archives (From Musk vs. Altman) (lesswrong.com)
As part of the court case between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, a substantial number of emails between Elon, Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, and Greg Brockman have been released as part of the court proceedings.
Email shows Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman in 2017 (transformernews.ai)
New emails released as part of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI reveal that the company’s fondness of drama is hardly new.
OpenAI's tumultuous early years revealed in emails from Musk, Altman, and others (techcrunch.com)
A lawsuit by the world’s wealthiest man against one of the fastest growing companies of all time is necessarily interesting stuff. But while the allegations are yet to be proven, the case has already exposed a batch of emails between Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others during OpenAI’s early days.
OpenAI Describes Artists' Use of Glaze and Nightshade as "Abuse" (80.lv)
While it isn't much, the mere fact that a multi-billion corporation is viewing Artists' use of Glaze and Nightshade as "abuse" speaks volumes, suggesting that the tools do indeed work.
Musk's amended lawsuit against OpenAI names Microsoft as defendant (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI accusing the company of abandoning its non-profit mission was withdrawn in July, only to be revived in August. Now, in an amended complaint, the suit names new defendants including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and former OpenAI board member and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton.
Prompt Injecting Your Way to Shell: OpenAI's Containerized ChatGPT Environment (0din.ai)
Exploring the Limits: This blog takes readers on a journey through OpenAI’s containerized ChatGPT environment, uncovering the surprising capabilities that allow users to interact with the model’s underlying structure in unexpected ways.
OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users (bloomberg.com)
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence agent codenamed “Operator” that can use a computer to take actions on a person’s behalf, such as writing code or booking travel, according to two people familiar with the matter.
OpenAI's new "Orion" model reportedly shows small gains over GPT-4 (the-decoder.com)
The Information reports that OpenAI's next major language model, codenamed "Orion," delivers much smaller performance gains than expected.
Judge tosses publishers' copyright suit against OpenAI (theregister.com)
A US judge has thrown out a case against ChatGPT developer OpenAI which alleged it unlawfully removed copyright management information (CMI) when building training sets for its chatbots.
OpenAI spent $10M on chat.com URL (theverge.com)
On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a simple URL on X: chat.com. It automatically routes to ChatGPT.
New OpenAI Feature: Predicted Outputs (simonwillison.net)
New OpenAI feature: Predicted Outputs (via) Interesting new ability of the OpenAI API - the first time I've seen this from any vendor.
ChatGPT Search is not OpenAI's 'Google killer' yet (techcrunch.com)
Last week, OpenAI released its highly anticipated search product, ChatGPT Search, to take on Google.
Sam Altman says lack of compute is delaying the company's products (techcrunch.com)
In a Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted that a lack of compute capacity is one major factor preventing the company from shipping products as often as it’d like.
U.S. military makes first confirmed OpenAI purchase for war-fighting forces (theintercept.com)
Less than a year after OpenAI quietly signaled it wanted to do business with the Pentagon, a procurement document obtained by The Intercept shows U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, believes access to OpenAI’s technology is “essential” for its mission.
OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December (theverge.com)
OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned.
OpenAI's AGI Readiness Chief Resigns and Team Is Disbanded (lesswrong.com)
OpenAI is disbanding its AGI readiness team — and its Senior Advisor for AGI readiness, Miles Brundage, just resigned after over six years at the organization.
Why I'm leaving OpenAI and what I'm doing next (milesbrundage.substack.com)
I’ve been excited about OpenAI as an organization since it was first announced in December 2015.
Show HN: Zoom Meeting AI Assistants Powered by OpenAI's Realtime API (github.com/nsaigal)
This project features a real-time AI assistant for Zoom meetings, powered by OpenAI’s Realtime API API and the Recall.ai API. The assistant joins meetings and provides intelligent, context-aware responses based on the ongoing conversation.
Who Owns OpenAI? (bloomberg.com)
Who owns OpenAI? Is it Microsoft? The Wall Street Journal has a good breakdown:
OpenAI's Lead over Other AI Companies Has Largely Vanished (slashdot.org)
OpenAI not expecting to break into profitability until 2029 (twitter.com)
Worldcoin has a new Orb and is now just World (theverge.com)
Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency / human identity network / UBI project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is now known as World.
OpenAI releases ChatGPT app for Windows (arstechnica.com)
On Thursday, OpenAI released an early Windows version of its first ChatGPT app for Windows, following a Mac version that launched in May.
Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying (nytimes.com)
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.
Microsoft and OpenAI's Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying (nytimes.com)
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.
OpenAI will fall the hardest when the AI bubble bursts, analyst says (qz.com)
OpenAI is now worth more than people were expecting.
OpenAI Is a Bad Business (wheresyoured.at)
OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way.